At the End of the Journey
*Huff...* *Huff...* *Huff...*
Th-the heretic...?!
...She's gone. V-vanished into nothing.
That's right, Elisa.
It's your victory.
...
I-I see...
You were right, Captain. And so was the High Saintess.
W-well, about that...
I think there's been a small misunderstan—
WAAAAH...
Y-you're crying?!
I'm... I'm so relieved... Hic...
Relieved...?
For the first time... I actually... accomplished something...
I wasn't just some useless, talentless failure...!
*Sniffle...* When I think about that...
It's like... all the weight crushing me just vanished... and the tears just...
...I see.
Hic... *Sniffle...*
I'm sorry. Crying all of a sudden like that must've been weird...
So you were saying...?
...It's nothing.
I watched her brightened face for a moment.
The one who stands at the end of the [Journey], having endured countless moments of pain and suffering.
There will be more hardships ahead.
But I believe in her.
She'll surpass me one day...
And become the greatest [Savior] of them all.
Her light was so bright... I closed my eyes.
...Congratulations, Savior.
With this, you have passed the final trial of the [Journey].
Ah, yes...
Savior?
Ah, it's nothing!
I-it just doesn't feel real yet... that a clumsy, worthless Saintess like me actually completed the Journey...!
Haha, understandable. You've achieved what no one ever has before, after all!
Shall we head back now?
They are throwing a huge celebration in your honor for [completing the Journey].
O-okay!
...Huh?
Something feels... off.
Um... You might think I'm being weird, but...
Wasn't there... someone else here with us?
There's been no one else but us here from the start.
R-right! I'm sorry!
I must've made another foolish mistake—
...
No.
I feel like... I-I shouldn't just accept that.
Someone told me...
Th-that I was right... and everyone else was wrong...!
L-Lisa?
Yes?
Y-you're...! You're wrong!!
W-what? Where's this coming from?
I-I know there was someone else!
I need to find him right now...!
S-Savior?! Where are you going?!
I-I'm sorry!
Lord Gaph, High Saintess... Please forgive me just this once!
Because this feeling in my heart... this need to find him...
I-it isn't wrong!
And so, another new starlight ignited.
Its radiant flame was etched into the Archive—a beacon to pierce the endless dark of the cosmos.
Observation complete.